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Creating a Guitar Body with RhinoCAM

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Learn to use RhinoCAM to model a guitar body for fabrication in a CNC mill.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know before watching this course
  • Using the exercise files
1. Setting Up the Guitar Body Model
  • Customizing individual features of the model
  • Setting stock, location, and size
  • Adding bridges to the body
  • Preparing the model for flipping
2. Milling the Guitar: Front Side
  • Drilling for the control cavities and neck
  • Simulating an individual toolpath
  • Pocketing for the control cavities
  • Roughing out the control cavities
  • Running a finishing pass
3. Milling the Guitar: Back Side
  • Toolpathing the back side of the guitar body
  • Simulating multiple toolpaths
  • Exporting G-Code to the CNC mill
4. Incorporating the Neck and Headstock
  • Toolpathing the back of the neck and headstock
  • Toolpathing the front of the neck and headstock
  • Adding bridges to the neck
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Taylor Hokanson

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